Let's prove them wrong

[MetEdDawg]

If the media wasnt so lazy they would see that yes we lost some seniors but a lot of those guys are not as good as the players replacing them. Dont get me wrong I love Day, Beckwith, Clausell as much as anyone but they got dominated the last half of the season. Kentucky and Arkansas made them look bad not to mention Bama and TSUN. Desper, Clayborne, and Rankin are more talented and will be better players by the end of the year. Not to mention Damien Robinson coming back. Losing JRob hurts but Shump was running the ball harder than him down the stretch anyway. Shump will do fine. Losing Preston Smith, Eulls, PJ Jones on the DL but Jefferson, Ryan Brown, Chris Jones, Adams, James, and all the younger guys will be fine. I wish BMac would have stayed but Beni and Richie Brown are more than capable of filling his shoes. Throw in Jung or Gerri Green and youve got a helluva LB corp. Jamerson Love left but he had a bad year in my opinion, Will Redmond, Calhoun, Jiles, Cleveland, Irvin Sills will do fine. The safeties will be improved by default. Find a kicker and we will be fine. I expect nothing less than contending possibly winning the west.

You have more faith in that group than I do. After Redmond and Calhoun I think CB is a glaring weakness. Jiles is a total unknown at this point. Irvin Sills was beyond terrible in mop up duty against bad teams. And Cleveland might not even play CB.

As to the other statement, I have no idea how you could say that. So you are saying we need 10 or 11 wins next year or it's a disappointment because if you expect nothing less then that means next season would be a failure if we win 9 games? Considering we just had our first 10 win season ever, that's a bit short sighted to me to expect contend or win the West and if we don't it's not good enough.

You have to be objective about what's going on next year. Bama, LSU, OM, UK at home. @Auburn, @TAMU, @Arkansas, @Mizzou. That's a rough schedule that is not in our favor. That's also while potentially losing 2 potential 1st round draft picks on defense along with 5 other seniors. I'm as wooly as the next guy, but I just don't see how we can put contend for the West or bust on this upcoming season. A 9 win regular season would be a solid year that a lot of us would be proud of, but it's neither going to win us the West or allow us to really contend for the West. But if you gave me 9 regular season wins right now or play it out next year I would take the 9 wins.